COLUMBUS — Ohio has announced the next winners of its vaccine lottery incentive.
Toledo resident Jonathan Carlyle won the $1 million prize and Zoie Vincent, of Mayfield Village in Cuyahoga County, won the college scholarship.
Gov. Mike DeWine announced the Vax-a-Million program May 12 to renew interest in getting a coronavirus vaccine.
Fran and I talked with the latest #OhioVaxAMillion college scholarship winner over FaceTime tonight! Congratulations, Zoie! There are still 3 more college scholarship drawings (and 3 more $1M drawings!) coming up. Vaccinated Ohioans can enter at https://t.co/Svppf9uA8O. pic.twitter.com/j1khNmYlGV
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) June 3, 2021
Governors in several states have since put similar lottery incentives in place.
More than 3.2 million Ohioans have now entered their names for a shot at the $1 million, and more than 133,000 children have entered for the scholarship, which includes tuition, room-and-board and books.
The deadline for entering the third of the five scheduled drawings is midnight Sunday.